About time Balochistan striving to curb iodine deficiency
A little less than one-third of women and 35 per cent of children in Balochistan suffer from iodine deficiency
They pointed out 26% children of school-going age suffer from iodine deficiency disorder
QUETTA:
Balochistan is striving hard to address the micronutrient deficiencies among women and children, a senior nutrition programme official said on Saturday.
A little less than one-third of women and 35 per cent of children in Balochistan suffer from iodine deficiency, said the Nutrition Programme’s provincial coordinator Dr Ali Nasir Bugti.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2017.
Balochistan is striving hard to address the micronutrient deficiencies among women and children, a senior nutrition programme official said on Saturday.
A little less than one-third of women and 35 per cent of children in Balochistan suffer from iodine deficiency, said the Nutrition Programme’s provincial coordinator Dr Ali Nasir Bugti.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2017.